MGASA-2019-0270

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    MGASA-2019-0270

    Published: 12 Sept 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated links packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Security bug fixed: when links was connected to tor, it would send real dns requests outside the tor network when the displayed page contains link rel="dns-prefetch" code

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0270.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25378, http://links.twibright.com/download/ChangeLog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: links

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/links?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High